Food, fat and family: Thinking fathers through mothers' words

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Food, fat and family: Thinking fathers through mothers' words

In targeting parenting and the family with advice on healthy eating and exercise, contemporary childhood obesity discourse draws attention to mothers as primary carers. In the process, fathers' roles and responsibilities in promoting healthy lifestyles and in family food work are neglected or s...

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Main Authors:	Tanner, C., Peterson, A., Fraser, Suzanne
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier Ltd 2014
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13480

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